Responsibilities

• Set the creative vision for AI Experiences — the visual language, tone, and narrative point of view that shows up consistently across product, brand, and marketing
• Art direct at the highest level — reviewing, shaping, and elevating design work across visual identity, motion, typography, and UI, with an eye that can tell the difference between "good" and genuinely distinctive
• Stay hands-on with the craft — personally jumping in to sketch a direction, design a key visual, or push a concept forward when the moment calls for it, rather than directing exclusively from a distance
• Lead and grow a visually-focused creative team — hiring, mentoring, and directing creative designers and art directors, and fostering an environment where world-class visual work thrives
• Shape story and language alongside the visuals — partnering closely with the Creative Strategy and Brand Writing leads so that strategy, words, and images are developed together as equal parts of one idea
• Build and leverage relationships with top-tier creative agencies, production partners, and creative talent
• Bridge product and marketing — ensuring the creative thread is unbroken from the first-run product experience to the campaign that introduces it to the world
• Design across digital and physical — from in-product moments and digital campaigns to launch events, physical installations, and experiential brand moments
• Partner cross-functionally with product, engineering, research, and marketing leadership to make sure creative ambition and product reality stay in sync
• Represent the creative studio internally and externally — presenting work, building conviction, and advocating for craft at every level of the organization

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 7+ years experience working in product or service design
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 9+ years experience working in product or service design
• OR equivalent experience (e.g., demonstrated experience working in product or service design or using design thinking to solve problems). 5+ years people management experience.

Preferred

• 15+ years in design and art direction, including significant time as a creative leader (Creative Director, Executive Creative Director, or equivalent) at an agency, in-house studio, or brand
• A distinctive visual point of view — a portfolio that shows range across brand identity, digital product, campaign, and (ideally) physical/experiential work
• The ability to operate at both ends of the spectrum — equally credible sketching in a notebook or a design tool as you are setting strategy in a room with senior executives, and able to move fluidly between the two in the same day
• Have exceptional presentation skills and the gravitas to champion bold creative ideas with senior leadership
• A strong sensibility for story and language, even if writing isn't your primary craft, you know a good line when you see one and can push a narrative to be sharper
• Experience leading and growing creative teams, including hiring, mentoring, and managing multidisciplinary talent (designers, writers, art directors, producers)
• Comfort spanning product and marketing — you don't see "brand" and "product design" as separate disciplines, and you have experience (or a strong point of view) on both
• Real cultural fluency — active engagement with music, entertainment, fashion, or adjacent creative communities, ideally evidenced by projects, collaborations, or ventures outside of a traditional day job
• A track record of shipping ambitious creative work at scale, ideally including work that's been publicly recognized (awards, press, cultural impact)
• Comfort operating in a large, matrixed organization while still protecting the integrity of the creative vision